ASW Operations
Submarines are the greatest threat to offensive CVBG (carrier battlegroup) operations. The stealth of modern submarines (anechoic coatings, sound-dampening equipment mountings, hydrodynamic design, etc.), can allow a submarine to get extremely close to an HVU target. The move towards shallow-water operations has greatly increased this threat. The threat is such that even the suspicion of the presence of a submarine means a fleet must commit resources to removing it, as the possible consequences of an undetected submarine are too serious to ignore. In most cases submarines have an upper hand in any naval combat.
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